BASK President Öğretici: 'Civil Servant Retirees Have 623,000 TL in Outstanding Payments'
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Mehmet Alper Öğretici, President of the Confederation of Independent Public Employees' Unions (BASK) and the Anatolian Education Union, reacted to the lack of a flat-rate increase for retired civil servants, stating, "At this point, the amount owed to retired civil servants from this single item alone has reached a significant figure of 623,805 Turkish Lira. A flat-rate increase is not a favor, but a requirement of a clearly given promise. This …
Millions of retired civil servants have reacted negatively to the long-awaited across-the-board salary increase. Mehmet Alper Öğretici, the General President of BASK (Confederation of Public Employees' Unions), stated that the loss resulting from just one item has reached 623,805 TL.
Millions of retirees are closely following the latest developments regarding a flat-rate increase in their pensions. The demand for a flat-rate increase in civil servant pensions, similar to the 8,077 TL payment given to civil servants in 2023, has resurfaced. So, will there be a flat-rate increase in civil servant and retiree pensions in 2026? The latest developments regarding the flat-rate increase for retirees are in our news report.
In 2023, the focus shifted back to the Constitutional Court in a lawsuit demanding that the flat-rate payment of 8,077 Turkish Lira given to active civil servants also be extended to retired civil servants. Retired civil servants are wondering whether the court's decision will result in an additional payment or a new regulation for their pensions. So, will there be a flat-rate increase or an additional raise for SSK and Bağkur pensioners? Here's…
The salary increase table for January 2027, which millions of SSK, Bağ-Kur and civil servant retirees, as well as public personnel, are focused on, has begun to take shape.
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